US Court Convicts Pak-American DEA Agent David Headley for Role in Mumbai Massacre http://www.constantinereport.com/allposts/us-court-convicts-pak-american-dea-agent-david-headley-for-role-in-mumbai-massacre/“Former” Drug Eenforcment Agency “asset” David C. Headley has received generous offers of leniency from U.S. prosecutors for his participation in the 2008 Mumbai slaughter — a marked departure from the harsh anti-terrorist policies that have followed 9/11. Speculation about continuing domestic intelligence ties has provoked much outrage in India. Mr. Headley has pleaded guilty to an array of criminal charges, but prosecutors have not sought the death penalty or even a life sentence. His ties to the CIA, Pakistani ISI, DEA and other intelligence agencies remain classified information. – AC  

A week back, Judge Leinenweber(JEW) had sentenced 52-year-old Headley’s school time friend, Tahawwur Rana, to 14 years of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for providing material support to LeT and planning terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper in Copenhagen. Under a plea bargain, a death sentence for Headley was already knocked down. But many were surpised when the US prosecutors did not seek a life sentence for Headley.(BECAUSE HE WAS A US AGENT THAT'S WHY)

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